Letters to the Editor
The Suez Crisis R. Kennard Davis, T. Anderson, Rev. A. J. McMullen, Donald Dey, Donald Southgate, Robert Turrall Clarke, T. P. Williams, Donald M. O'Connor Hungary Michael: Vincent Korda, L. P. Krokodilov, Flagellant Down into Egypt Josef Aaron The Burnt Paper Frances, Countess Lloyd George Conscience and Constituents Lord Altrincham The Church Assembly H. C. Bullough Comprehensive Education John Murray Discretion Gerald Hamilton Great Anticipations Meredith Whittaker THE SUEZ CRISIS SIR,—Had the nation realised earlier the hue nature of the danger facing us all in the Middle East, I believe that there would have been far less outcry against the Government's action.
Most of us who read the newspapers take In events separately as they occur; we are not trained, as statesmen must be, to see them in conjunction. We learned of Glubb's dismissal, of the Soviet arms going to Egypt, of the Arab joint command, of the seizure of the Canal, as independent items of news. We are quite capable of putting two and two together : there is no need for the Government to tell us the answer, if to do so would be undiplo- Matic; but they should put the sum for us on the blackboard.
What is true of the casual British news- paper reader is true to some extent of the governments of other free nations, most of them remote from the Canal area and pre- occupied with their own vital concerns. Had they been fully alert to the peril that war between Egypt and Israel, in existing circum- stances, involved, they would have welcomed, Perhaps even invited, the Anglo-French inter- vention. Had there been the same intimate association between the heads of government as existed at one time between Roosevelt and the 'Former Naval Person,' much misunder- standing would have been avoided. Our Government is to be blamed, not for acting as it did, but for failing to make clear In advance the true gravity of the situation, and for allowing this to emerge only gradu- ally after the event. In a democracy, and "long free nations, facts must be so clearly set out that intelligent people, whose attention Is drawn to them, can form correct conclu- sions. Put the figures on the blackboard, and We will add them up.—Yours faithfully,
R. KENNARD DAVIS
On-the-Hill. Pilion, She pion Mallet
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